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Golf GT - Glanza for rich kids?

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    #92
    copacetic
    Subscribers Posts: 16,587 ✭✭✭✭copacetic


    FX Meister wrote: »
    Good post. That's neither a GT or less than 20k. FAIL

    it is a gt. Can you not see the pics or read the description?

    I said 'around 20k or less', not less than 20k. Walk in and offer 20k for that and the deal will be done in minutes.


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    #93
    tossy
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    people are buying into a dream E92 :D


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    #94
    E92
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    As the Golf VI will have a GTD with ~200 bhp I suppose I'll have to accept that a GT Sport with a paraffin stove isn't that ironic, though the reasons I don't consider diesel to be worthy of anything sporty (and hence why I said ironic) is not the power and 0-60 but rather the lack of enthusiasm for being revved, an inability to go beyond 5,000 rpm, a narrow power band(relative to petrols) and most of all, the sound which just sucks does not sound sporty or anything even remotely close to sporty.

    Fortunately there will be a 270 bhp 4 pot replacing the R32 theoretically, however there will be a 5 pot 2.5 with over 300 bhp and that to me will be the real replacement for the R32.

    I'm so relieved that VW will offer a Golf with more than 4 cylinders(especially given VAG's history in 5 cylinder engines and the WRC etc), I think it is such a pity that car markers are cutting down on the cylinder count as a result of the numbskulls at the EU.


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    #95
    tossy
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    Ive said it before and ill say it again i think the demise of the NA 6 pot engine in the golf is a shame,they could have at least supercharged one to replace the current R.


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    #96
    E92
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    tossy wrote: »
    Ive said it before and ill say it again i think the demise of the NA 6 pot engine in the golf is a shame,they could have at least supercharged one to replace the current R.

    5 pot engines sound great too.

    A very different sound but nevertheless a great one. I'd probably go for a 6 pot over a 5 pot though, but either engine is vastly superior to dreary old 4 cylinders, but having said that 4 cylinder engines are superior to drive compared to 3 cylinder engines.

    Neither rates beside a crossplane V8, I don't really like the sound of flatplane V8s though.

    Unfortunately V8s are losing popularity even in the States, they're really starting to look like a dinosaur from the past at this stage I'm afraid, and that is most regrettable.

    The only thing that will save V8s are the hybrid drivetrains, however I fear that that is only putting off the inevitable demise of the V8 in road cars in Europe at least.


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    #97
    tossy
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    Vw/audi have a nice history with 5 pot engines,but their last 5 pot in a golf was a damp squib!

    I like my pots in even numbers me :D although 2 turbos would help me get over the odd number!


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    #98
    FX Meister
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    copacetic wrote: »
    it is a gt. Can you not see the pics or read the description?

    The pics and description both say GT sport, not GT. FACT.


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    #99
    copacetic
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    FX Meister wrote: »
    The pics and description both say GT sport, not GT. FACT.

    :rolleyes:


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    #100
    FX Meister
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,217 ✭✭✭FX Meister


    exactly yo, exactly. Check your facts next time. It's like saying a gti is the same as a high line. FACT.


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    #101
    copacetic
    Subscribers Posts: 16,587 ✭✭✭✭copacetic


    FX Meister wrote: »
    exactly yo, exactly. Check your facts next time. It's like saying a gti is the same as a high line. FACT.

    ;) yeah it is, maybe you should have a quick check of your 'facts' you are making a fool of yourself.


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    #102
    FX Meister
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    Hey, you're the lifehacking mod yo.


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    #103
    groupb
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    tossy wrote: »
    I think i would prefer the new mondeo over the new passat myself,although this new opel insignia is the one to beat for them all.

    I will qualify that by saying i have never liked passats(at least not the last two incarnations) apart from maybe the W8,allthough the new R36 passat wagon is a different kettle of fish.

    Yeah , the insignia looks good. I know its not your favorite mag , but autocar gave it a provisional thumbs up this week.


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